Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ottoman Empire)
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ottoman Turkish: Hariciye Nezâreti; French: Ministère des Affaires Étrangères[1]) was the department of the Imperial Government responsible for the foreign relations of the Ottoman Empire, from its establishment in 1836 to its abolition in 1922. Before 1836, foreign relations were managed by the Reis ül-Küttab, who was replaced by a Western-style ministry as part of the Tanzimat modernization reforms. The successor of the Ottoman Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic.
Umur-ı Hariciye Nezâreti | |
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Formed | 1836 |
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Jurisdiction | Ottoman Empire |
Headquarters | Constantinople |
French was officially the working language of the ministry in the period after the Crimean War.[2]